Five Guys Whose Brooklyn Real Estate Scheme Was Featured On “Million Dollar Listing New York” Just Got Arrested

The scheme, which centered on the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, was first laid out in a BuzzFeed News investigation.

Lukas Vrbka

I Can’t Stop Thinking About Whatever Is Going On With Jeremy Renner

How Jeremy Renner went from action star on the rise to a guy with a busted app and an Amazon camping store.

Anne Helen Petersen

Conspiracy Theorists Have Chilled Real Fluoride Research, Researchers Say

“It’s like having a scarlet ‘AF’ letter on you,” one researcher who studies fluoride said.

Nidhi Subbaraman

A Hand-Drawn Swastika Was Found Inside Homeland Security Headquarters

The Office of the Inspector General has launched an investigation into the Nazi symbol discovered inside the government building.

Salvador Hernandez

A "Call Of Duty" Gamer Was Sentenced To Prison For A Police Swatting Hoax That Killed A Man

Casey Viner was upset over a $1.50 bet in the video game Call of Duty: WWII when he got police to respond to a hoax call that left an innocent man dead.

Salvador Hernandez

21 Of The Most Powerful Photos Of This Week

From the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks to the heated Democratic presidential debate, these are the most striking and memorable pictures from this past week.

Gabriel H. Sanchez

Felicity Huffman Has Been Sentenced To 14 Days In Prison For Her Role In The College Admissions Scandal

The Desperate Housewives actor had pleaded guilty to paying $15,000 to get her daughter’s college test answers corrected in order to raise her score.

Julia Reinstein

A Teenage Girl Killed Herself After Being Called “Dirty” While On Her Period

Local police launched a formal investigation into the girl’s death almost a week later, following outrage from parents and Kenyan lawmakers.

Tamerra Griffin

Republicans Have Been Winning On Judges For Decades. Democrats Have Barely Talked About It.

Trump made the courts a major voting issue for Republicans in 2016. Liberal legal advocacy groups and court watchdogs are divided on how to make that happen for Democrats in 2020.

Zoe Tillman

Apple Stores Are Boring But They’re Still Raking In Cash

The company’s sleek stores changed retail but have struggled to keep shoppers amazed.

Leticia Miranda

Opinion: Refugees Made Our City Great. Turning Them Away Is A Moral Disaster.

Clarkston, Georgia, has welcomed more than 40,000 refugees over the last four decades. We’re thriving like never before.

Ted Terry

Sam Smith Announced That Their Gender Pronouns Are They/Them

"After a lifetime of being at war with my gender I've decided to embrace myself for who I am, inside and out," the singer said in a candid thread on Twitter.

Michael Blackmon

James Corden Did A Segment Calling Out Fat-Shaming And People Are Applauding

“If making fun of fat people made them lose weight, there’d be no fat kids in schools.”

Lauren Strapagiel

15 Movies You’ll Be Talking About This Awards Season

Strippers, showmen, and sad clowns — with movies like Hustlers, Judy, and Joker, this year’s Serious Movie Season is looking a little less somber than usual.

Alison Willmore

A Court Revived Another Lawsuit Against Trump For Continuing To Profit From His Businesses

The 2nd Circuit found that hotel and restaurant owners could bring constitutional claims against Trump for refusing to divest from his companies.

Zoe Tillman

A Texas Lawmaker Said "My AR Is Ready For You" After Beto O'Rourke Supported Mandatory Buybacks Of Assault Weapons

"This is a death threat, Representative. Clearly, you shouldn't own an AR-15 – and neither should anyone else," O'Rourke responded on Twitter.

Otillia Steadman

Americans Would Pay — A Little — To Save The Planet, A Poll Shows

Data for Progress, a progressive think tank, commissioned neutral polling from YouGov that found Americans are willing to pay to stop carbon emissions, as long as it’s not too expensive.

Ben Smith

He Became Mayor At Just 22. Now He’s Running To Take Down A 70-Year-Old House Democrat.

Democrat Alex Morse — an openly gay mayor who has backed legal weed and decriminalizing sex work — is challenging longtime Rep. Richard Neal in Massachusetts.

Addy Baird

Incoming: Biden Was Ready To Fight Warren But Got Trolled By Castro

Recapping the Democratic debate, the lobbyist getting Congress on board with decriminalizing sex work, and your weekend longreads. This is your BuzzFeed News morning update for Sept. 13.

Brandon Hardin

How To Be Authentic About Faking Your Instagram Photos

We live in a virtual reality of fake skies and Facetune, so at the very least let’s be honest about it? Also, cute kids!

Tanya Chen

Joe Biden Was Ready For A Fight With Elizabeth Warren. Instead He Got Trolled By Julián Castro.

“I’m fulfilling the legacy of Barack Obama, and you’re not,” Castro told Biden at Thursday’s Democratic debate.

Henry J. Gomez

Let The Democratic Field Now Praise Beto O’Rourke

The ups and downs of the Democratic heart: A few months ago, the other candidates attacked O'Rourke a ton during a debate. On Tuesday, they kept praising him.

Katherine Miller

The Real Democratic Primary Starts Now. And It’s All About Elizabeth Warren.

“If I could be any candidate right now, I would want to be her.”

Ruby Cramer

Pete Buttigieg Told His Coming-Out Story During The Democratic Debate

"This would have been unfathomable just a few years ago."

Stephanie McNeal

Andrew Yang Keeps Winning The Internet Primary

Yang barely spoke to the television audience during the debate, but reinvested in his extremely online approach.

Ryan C. Brooks

22 Tweets That Sum Up The Petty Nature Of The Democratic Debate

"Barack is probably at home reading scripts with the TV on mute."

Stephanie McNeal

Doctors Say Facebook’s Decision To Take Down An Anti-Abortion Fact-Check Sets A Dangerous Precedent

“It is very concerning that a letter from a group of senators can silence the voices of medical and scientific experts,” said a doctor who fact-checked the video.

Claudia Koerner

The Top Democrats Running For President Debated On The Same Stage For The First Time

Re-watch it here.

BuzzFeed News

The 23-Year-Old “MeToo” DIY Rape Kit Founder Says She’ll Fight Law Enforcement’s Demands That She Stop Advertising

Several attorneys general have slammed the makers of DIY rape kits, saying they are profiting from misleading sexual assault survivors and depriving them of justice.

Tasneem Nashrulla

Opinion: Here Are The 2020 Democrats, Ranked By What They're Doing For The Rest Of The Party

We desperately need our national leaders to elevate local candidates and races. Here's who is doing it the best so far.

Sean McElwee

11 Books To Read If You Like “The Handmaid’s Tale”

From Margaret Atwood’s just-released sequel The Testaments to Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go.

Tomi Obaro

The Fire That Killed 34 People On A California Dive Boat Spread While The Entire Crew Was Asleep, Investigators Say

The commercial dive boat burst into flames off Santa Cruz Island early on Sept. 2, but the flames were so intense, no one below deck could be saved.

Jason Wells